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PROSECUTOR DEMANDS 12 YEARS FOR IRANIAN OPIUM SMUGGLER
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/23939/prosecutor-demands-12-years-for-iranian-opium-smuggler.html
15:15, February 28, 2013
By Tatevik Harutyunyan
A Yerevan court is examining the case of an Iranian citizen who was
caught trying to smuggle four kilos of opium into Armenia on October
11, 2012.
Hamid Shahlayei Jalalin has told the court that he had no idea that
a suitcase give to him by a third party, ostensibly full of gifts
for relatives in Armenia, actually included the drugs in a secret
compartment.
At an earlier trial session, the defendant~Rs attorney claimed that
employees of Armenia~Rs National Securty Service failed to properly
log the drugs after taking possession.
Jalalin told the court that he often travels to Armenia as a tourist
and that when he worked as a bus driver plying the Tehran-Yerevan
route he wouldn~Rt even bring over-the-counter pills with him.
The defendant said he knew Rubik Vardanyan, the man who gave him the
suitcase, for two years. The two became acquainted while living in
the same Tehran neighbourhood.
Jalalin said this was the first time Vardanyan requested that he take
something to Armenia.
While an examination has revealed that Jalalin isn~Rt a drug user,
the prosecution argues that the drugs were to be smuggled into Armenia
and then sold.
Prosecutor Grigor Tigranyan has asked that the defendant be sentenced
to 12 years.
Yerevan State University 4th Year Journalism Student
From: Baghdasarian
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/23939/prosecutor-demands-12-years-for-iranian-opium-smuggler.html
15:15, February 28, 2013
By Tatevik Harutyunyan
A Yerevan court is examining the case of an Iranian citizen who was
caught trying to smuggle four kilos of opium into Armenia on October
11, 2012.
Hamid Shahlayei Jalalin has told the court that he had no idea that
a suitcase give to him by a third party, ostensibly full of gifts
for relatives in Armenia, actually included the drugs in a secret
compartment.
At an earlier trial session, the defendant~Rs attorney claimed that
employees of Armenia~Rs National Securty Service failed to properly
log the drugs after taking possession.
Jalalin told the court that he often travels to Armenia as a tourist
and that when he worked as a bus driver plying the Tehran-Yerevan
route he wouldn~Rt even bring over-the-counter pills with him.
The defendant said he knew Rubik Vardanyan, the man who gave him the
suitcase, for two years. The two became acquainted while living in
the same Tehran neighbourhood.
Jalalin said this was the first time Vardanyan requested that he take
something to Armenia.
While an examination has revealed that Jalalin isn~Rt a drug user,
the prosecution argues that the drugs were to be smuggled into Armenia
and then sold.
Prosecutor Grigor Tigranyan has asked that the defendant be sentenced
to 12 years.
Yerevan State University 4th Year Journalism Student
From: Baghdasarian